Hello all!  I want to start off with telling you all how thankful I am for everything you all have done for me. But with that said I would like to start off with telling you all about what I am doing here.  I have a few ministrys I am involved with.  They are jewlery making, womens bible study, ESL classes, Young Life, and lastly cordinating a 5k race.  The first the jewlery making class.  For this ministry we are working with a non-profit organization called Opportunity International.  For this ministry we have four classes a week, two natural classes which will work with making jewlery with seeds and anything found in nature.  And also a recyclable class which will deal with things such as bottlecaps and old chip bags.  We will be making earings and purses.  I will be working with the recylable class.  Also we have started a womens bible study for women who live in the neighborhood.  Also for those who are not familar with Young Life, it is pretty much a super fun bible study.  I will keep you all updated on all of these ministries.

When I take a moment to look at all the things I am doing here in Granada.  I can truly say I am making a difference. I can truly say that we are replacing the evil in this town with good.  But as we are here doing these things to better the kingdom of God, the Devil gets angry.  And I want to talk to you all about a topic that may or may not be new to you.  That topic is spritual warfare.  What is spritual warfare?  Spritual warfare is the many ways the Devil attacks us daily.  The Devil may attacks everybody.  But he attacks different people in different ways.  The Devil used to attack me in ways that would pull me away from God.  He would put ideas into my head.  For example it's 8 o'clock and I hadn't done my daily devotion for the day.  I had the choice of either doing my devotion or watching that primetime TV show.  Overtime the Devil would put thoughts in my head such as you are so busy you don't have time to do your devotion, you know that God loves you.  He won't mind if you just skip that devotion time today.  And these thoughts of being to busy would turn into, oh well the bible is just boring anyways.  In my mind I would think God still loves me.  But the truth is the Devil was just whispering these lies into my head.  The first step away from God didn't seem that bad.  And the next step didn't seem that bad.  And the next step didn't seem that bad.  And eventually I would start to question my relationship with God.  I would think is he even real?  Does he even care?  Now I see that these are all lies!  And these are all ideas that Satan puts into my head.  This is what is called spritual warfare.  It's not a traditional war.  It's more important.  We have to be ready for it.  I encourage you all to read Ephesians 6  In ephesians four it talks about the Armour of God.  It tells us we must wear the breastplate of righteouness, feet fitted with readiness, the shield of faith, the helmet of truth, and lastly the sword of truth.  We must be ready when the Devil attacks us.  We must be able to rebuke him in the name of Jesus Christ.  We must have scripture memorized and ready to recite it.  Because the Devil knows his scripture, and he will use it against us.  But anyways when the Devil starts to realize that the way he was attacking isn't working anymore.  He will change his tactics.  And for me this week the Devil changed his tactics.  His old ways were no longer affecting me.  I was growing more than ever with my relationship with Christ.  So the Devil took it to a new level, and attacked me in a physical way.  I had just finished my bedtime prayers, and was about to close my eyes.  Then I felt a hand press down on my forehead.  Immediatly I knew what I was up against.  Then I felt a large bug crawling up my neck, when I reached to sweep it away it wasn't their.  And right when I sweeped it away, the curtain rod and curtains fell off the window.  I'll be honest in telling you all I have never been more scared in my life. I immediatly rebuked the Devil in the name of Jesus Christ and told him he was not welcomed here.  But he knew he had stricken fear in my heart.  The next day I was little bit off.  But that night I knew I would have to face him again.  But this time I wasn't going to face him alone.  I opened up the word of God, and asked him to help me overcome this fear.  The Lord led me to this passages Pslams 23,56,91, John 14, Luke 12.4-12 and Luke 10.19.  In all these passages they talked about only fearing the Lord, and to trust in me.  They told me, why fear someone who does not determine where you are going.  And in John 14.26 it says to remind the Holy Spirit of what you need.  When you ask with a pure heart.  You will recieve what you ask for.  I asked for strenght, love, grace.  But above all I asked the Lord to strike the fear from my heart.  Because I know that the Devil does not like the lifes I am changing here.  But newsflash for him I don't care what he thinks.  And I am going to do everything in my power throught God to make him angry.  Because he is not worthy of anything.  Our Lord is loving and forgiving.  If you are dealing with anything like any of the things I mentioned, you should take it to the Lord in prayer.  And do not be afraid of anything I have said, because if you are then you are letting the Devil make a foothold in your life.  But I do encourage you if you need help with any of these issues to contact a pastor, and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me.  Just go to the left side of this blog and click on the Contact Me link.  Our Lord is loving, mercyfull, and forgiving.....Don't ever forget that.